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there shall be levied in respect of everybuilding constructed wholly or in part of raupo, nikau,toitoi, wiwi, kakaho, straw or thatch of anydescription [ . Gilbert Parker, `Round the Compass in Australia,' p. See Bear. It is also applied to thestone hatchet of the Aboriginals.

65: The finest kinds are the guard-fish of the mainland and thetrumpeter of the Derwent in Tasmania. The Australian habit is here followedof using `bush' for country, though no word could be moreludicrously inapplicable, for there is hardly anything on theway that can really be called a bush. Warrina, n. The New Zealanders assert that thisextraordinary bird was in existence in the days of theirancestors, and was finally destroyed by their grandfathers.